Title: Leather key basket

Identifier: Historic Hope Plantation   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/13854)

Description: Oval-shaped leather key basket (HOA 8", WOA 7 1/8", DOA 3 1/2"). Sewn leather sides are tacked to a wooden bottom with a row of brass tacks around bottom edge. Replaced leather strap loop handle; ends are sewn to each long end of the basket. The basket would have been used to collect keys to doors throughout a plantation and other items requiring a key to secure them. Its importance to security on a plantation is described in the video.